Kai Fu Han

Chapter 210 Sailing back
The Iwami Silver Mine was very famous in later generations because it was easy to mine and had high reserves. For hundreds of years in later generations, it was the largest silver mine in the world. For a century, the annual silver output of the Iwami Silver Mine was Accounting for one-third of the world's total silver production.In addition to silver, the Iwami Silver Mine also produces copper, tin, lead, etc.

Before Liu Xinqi traveled through time, he had only seen a little information about the Iwami Silver Mine in a post. He didn’t know when it was discovered or when mining started. Since Soraimo said that there are currently no minerals in Iwami Country Special product, indicating that this silver mine has not yet been discovered.

"It's useless to think about it now. It's too far away. If it is born in advance, it will inevitably become the target of competition from all forces. It is better to let it continue to be buried underground until the Xinghan Alliance develops enough to protect it. Let’s develop it again.” After careful consideration, Liu Xinqi gave up the idea of ​​cooperating with the local forces of Japan to develop the Iwami Silver Mine.

As an external force of the Japanese country, the Xinghan Alliance would definitely be squeezed out by the local forces if Iwami Silver Mine were to be established now, and the gain would outweigh the loss.

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September [-]th.

Liu Xinqi led nineteen large ships to return to Dengzhou from Tuimanan Port again.

The person in charge who stayed at Tuima Nangang was Liu Xinwei. What was left to him was a county-level sand ship and a brigade of naval officers and soldiers. The configuration was basically the same as that of Liu Xinde, the person in charge of Hirado. The fifteen early ships captured in the Tsuima naval battle All left to Liu Xinwei.

In the future, Liu Xinwei will be responsible for recruiting local people to use these ships. On the one hand, he will maintain the trade and relationship with the Zong family; he will maintain the construction of Tsushima Nangang and the relay service for the fleet of ships coming to Japan from Dengzhou for trade.On the other hand, they used Dabai Xiaobai to continue whaling, obtain industrial raw materials such as whale oil, obtain whale meat and exchange food with the clan, and then put all these on the returning trade ships and transport them back to Dengzhou.

Liu Xinqi specifically asked him to investigate Shi Jianguo and asked him to find the Zong family to cooperate. In the name of purchasing ginseng, he would conduct a thorough investigation of Shijianguo and explore the possible mineral deposits in Shijianguo. If any discoveries were made, they should not publicize them and report them promptly. Report to Dengzhou and wait for Dengzhou's reply before taking action.

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On August 23, Zhou Xinyuan and Zhao Liang respectively commanded the Zizhou and Yizhou to leave Yangzhou Port, first went south along the canal to Guazhou Town, then entered the Yangtze River, and then eastward along the river, arriving at Jiangyin before dark. Since there was no one on board who was familiar with the waters of the Yangtze River Estuary, which has many islands and deltas, we stopped at a port outside Jiangyin that night.

The next day, I found that no pursuers were following me, so I simply stopped at Jiangyin Port, went to the city to purchase some grain, and filled two ships before going out to sea. After leaving the Yangtze River and entering the East China Sea, Zhou Xinyuan was completely relieved. Entering the sea was the Xinghan Alliance. 's home court.

On August 28, the wind at sea became stronger and stronger. An experienced sailor told Zhou Xinyuan that there might be a hurricane passing by. The two ships had to anchor at Yanwei Town Port to avoid the hurricane and allow the original "Pirate Village" villagers on the two ships to return. I visited relatives at home and unloaded some food to the village.

They stayed in hiding for four days, and the sea breeze gradually subsided on September [-]. On the same day, people who were on vacation were quickly called back to urgently repair the ship.

"Director Zhou, there are crew members who plan to take their families to Dengzhou to settle down. Let me ask, can they take the Zizhou or Yizhou?" The captain of the Zizhou came over and asked Zhou Xinyuan.

Zhou Xinyuan is the director of the Department of Ceremonies, the highest official position here, and he is also Liu Xinqi's teacher, so the captain came to ask for his opinion.

"How many people are there and can the ship carry it?" Zhou Xinyuan asked.

"I just counted about fifty or sixty of them, which can definitely fit in." the captain replied.

"Then let them catch up, they are all our own people." Zhou Xinyuan arranged.

When the captain went down to make arrangements, Xu Han, who had been beside him just now, asked: "Do you have people from the Xinghan League here? It's still a long way from Dengzhou." "The Xinghan League has sent a ship south to buy food before. I met pirates here once when I went south. After wiping out all the pirates, I traced the pirates' lair here. In the end, I found out that these people were poor people who couldn't survive in their hometown and gathered together to be pirates this time. The leader of the alliance took them among them. The young people took over the running boats and paid them so that they could support their families, which restored peace to this sea area." Zhou Xinyuan explained.

"It turns out there is such a story. I am getting more and more curious about what kind of young talent your Xinghan League leader is." Xu Han said, chatting with Zhou Xinyuan in the past few days, he has learned a lot about the Xinghan League, including Liu Xinqi, the leader of the Xinghan League. Only this year, according to the standard of "Twenty Weakest Champions", Liu Xinqi was not yet an adult, but he was already the leader of a force with more than 10,000 people.

"We can meet them when we get to Dengzhou. If everything goes well, they should return to Dengzhou earlier than us." Zhou Xinyuan replied.

On September [-], the Zizhou and Yizhou set sail again. Coincidentally, after leaving Yanwei Port, they encountered other ships of the first fleet returning to Dengzhou from Hangzhou.

After Zhao Liang and others left Hangzhou for Yangzhou with two ships, Zhu Lang took over the command and was responsible for the trading activities of the first fleet.

The first fleet arrived in Hangzhou on August 25. With the cooperation of Liu Xinkuan, the person in charge of Hangzhou, it took ten days to sell all the goods carried on the ship, and then spent another six days to purchase a batch of grain, cloth, and silk. Waiting for cargo, all seventeen large ships were filled.On August [-], the fleet departed from Hangzhou and returned to Dengzhou.

After the two parties merged, 21 ships (including two gondolas) were organized into a large fleet and continued northward.

On September [-], the fleet arrived at Baishiwan and separated four ships carrying grain and cloth to Liujiapu in Baishiwan, while the other ships continued to Penglai Port.

At noon, the fleet arrived at Penglai Port.

"Finally back!!" Zhou Xinyuan sighed when he set foot on the land of Penglai Port.

"It's still kind at home!" Zhu Lang couldn't help sighing as he watched the prosperous scene of people coming and going in Penglai Hong Kong.

At this time, several laughs came from the side: "Hahahaha!"

"Welcome home, thank you for your hard work."

Luo Cheng, Luo Gao, Liu Lisheng, Liu Lizhen and others received the message and rushed over to greet them, smiling from afar.

Zhou Xinyuan couldn't help but hugged a few people. This hugging ceremony was a change Liu Xinqi brought to the Xinghan Alliance. It was more intimate than the hand-over ceremony.

"Thank you for your hard work. Looking at these fully loaded ships, I know that you must have gained a lot from this trip!" Liu Lisheng said when he hugged Liu Lisheng.

"It's not bad, some are good and some are bad." Zhou Xinyuan replied.

(End of this chapter)